Psalm 1:2 NKJV,NLT

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

Character. This psalm supplies us with— I. TEST OF CHARACTER . A man is known by the company he keeps. What doest thou, O my soul? With whom dost thou "walk" and "sit' ( Psalms 119:63 )? II. RULE OF LIFE . What should we do? Surely the right thing is to ask counsel of God, and to submit ourselves to his holy and blessed rule. Let us do this, and we shall not only have life ( Psalms 40:8 ), but food ( John 4:44 ); and not only food, but society ( Matthew 12:50 );... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

Greatness, happiness, prosperity. We learn here the true ides of— I. GREATNESS . It is not mere intellectual power, but moral worth. Greatness is goodness—the being like God. II. HAPPINESS . It is living together with God, doing his will, in the light and joy of his love. III. PROSPERITY . It is of the soul—the true health of the soul ( 3 John 1:2 ). Its measure is personal activity. Deeds carry social influence. The weak and the unfortunate are too often despised, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

Blessedness. The word "blessed' might Be rendered "blessings." God's people are blessed ( Numbers 6:24 ; Matthew 5:1 - 10). I. There is the blessing of PEACE . The fruit of righteousness is peace. The heart is right with God. II. The Messing of a TRUE PURPOSE . Not gain, nor pleasure, nor merely to save the soul, but to do God's will. This is the supreme thing. This gives strength to the heart and unity to the life. III. The blessing of the NOBLEST SOCIETY . Into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

A contrast. This psalm is introductory to all the rest, perhaps written after the finding of the "book of the Law" in Josiah's time, in an age of revival, when men were roused to consider the conflict between good and evil, and who were the truly Messed, and on what their blessedness was grounded. There is a contrast drawn in it between the righteous and the wicked. I. THE CHARACTER AND PRIVILEGES OF THE RIGHTEOUS . 1 . They have no sympathetic relations with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the Law of the Lord . The righteous man is not described positively, under two heads. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 1:2

But his delight - His pleasure; his happiness. Instead of finding his happiness in the society and the occupations of the wicked, he finds it in the truth of God. The law or truth of God is not distasteful to him, but he so delights in it as to desire to become more and more acquainted with it, and to have its truths impressed more and more on his heart.In the law of the Lord - The law of Yahweh - the small capitals in the translation indicating here as elsewhere that the original word is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 1:2

Psalms 1:2. But his delight is in the law of the Lord In the study and practice of it, as appears from the context. Having described the character of the truly blessed man negatively, in the preceding verse, he, in this, speaks of it positively. The law of God may be here understood of the whole doctrine delivered by God to his church, consisting of doctrines, precepts, promises, and threatenings, &c.; or more particularly of the preceptive part of it, which is commonly called his... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

Pslam 1 The godly and the ungodlyThis psalm is really an introduction to the whole collection. It shows the life of the godly and the reward it brings, and the life of the ungodly and the judgment it will receive. God is the supreme controller of each person’s destiny, and he orders everything according to his own righteousness.In both their thought and their behaviour, the godly are different from others. They are constantly increasing their knowledge of God’s Word, and as they allow that Word... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 1:2

the law = instruction: i.e. the whole Pentateuch which contains it. meditate: i.e. continually and habitually. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 1:2

"But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;And on his law doth he meditate day and night."In the last analysis, it is what men desire in their hearts that determines destiny. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 23:7).Men who do not actually desire the glory of God and the ultimate triumph of truth and righteousness shall, of course, never attain any status of being acceptable to God."Meditate day and night ..." This earmark of any servant of God is precisely the reason why it is... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 1:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 1:1-6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 1:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 1:2

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